The Boats

Beautiful and historic boats are coming.
Visitors can go on board the Giorgio Cini, (below) from the Nautical School of the Guardia di Finanza, along with other sailboats and steamboats like the Guardacoste from the seventies; the Grifone III, a sloop from the D’Ambrosi shipyards; and a Drago series interception motorboat built in the eighties.
One of the stars of the 2009 Festival, the 1895 towboat, the Pietro Micca—the oldest commercial steamboat in Italy that is still in class—will be back, along with a brigantine, the Spirit of Chemainus, many ships and crews from northern Europe, and the evolutions of the 18th century Jole di Bantry.
Then there will be the exhibition of Historic Racers from France, and a parade d’élégance of historic Rivas.